On Dec 30, 10:05 am, kakarukeys <kakaruk...@gmail.com> wrote: > I tried on a fresh XP on VM. I moved all dlls in C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS > which are in the file handles shown by Process Explorer including the > 3 CRT dlls to the my dist folder and the two subfolders suggested > byhttp://wiki.wxpython.org/py2exe. It didn't work out. My app couldn't > start. Windows XP gave a cryptic error asking me to reinstall the app. > > After installing vcredist_x86.exe, my app starts fine. There isn't a > choice here. You HAVE TO bundle vcredist_x86.exe with your installer > and convince your customers that it is necessary to increase the file > size by 2MB. > > If anyone figure out how to do ashttp://wiki.wxpython.org/py2exe, or > on a Python compiled with a free GNU compiler, avoiding all these BS. > I will pay him/her $10.
I have a method that does not involve installing the runtime and still works on a "virgin" machine. The target machines are locked desktops and installing anything on them equals to a 2 month long approval process. "The Preventer of IT" strikes again :) But anyway, the method involves editing python26.dll in order to remove dependency references and then dropping msvcr90.dll in the same directory as the py2exe produced executable. Here is dir /b: lib/ msvcr90.dll python26.dll <-- tweaked UI.exe The method works with a program using wxPython. I have used Resource Hacker http://www.angusj.com/resourcehacker/ for actual editing. You have to find <dependency> section of the manifest and remove everything between <dependentAssembly> tags Before: <dependency> <dependentAssembly> <assemblyIdentity type="win32" name="Microsoft.VC90.CRT" version="9.0.21022.8" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b"></assemblyIdentity> </dependentAssembly> </dependency> After: <dependency> <dependentAssembly> </dependentAssembly> </dependency> Is the method elegant? Nope. Does it work? It does for me. Use it at your own risk etc. The regular disclaimers apply. The approach was gleaned from a thread at PIL mailing list. http://mail.python.org/pipermail/image-sig/2009-October/005916.html waldemar -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
